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4. They reached Kamtchatkoi Nofs, and on the 

 5 th. Brought the fliip, in good condition, into Kamt- 

 chatka river. 



fa ipli'on of the SoloviofF's defcription of thefe iflands and the inha- 

 bitants being more circumftantial, than the accounts 

 given by former navigators, deferves to be inferted at 

 full length. According to his eftimation, the ifland 

 Unalallika lies between 1500 and 2000 verfts due Eaft 

 from the mouth of the Kamtchatka river : the other 

 iflands to the Eaftward ftretch towards N. E. He rec- 

 kons the length of Akutan at eighty verfts ; Umnak at 

 an hundred and fifty, and Unalafhka at two hundred. No- 

 large trees were feen upon any of tiie iflands which he 

 touched at. They produce underwood, fmall flirubs, and: 

 plants, for the moft part limilar to the common fpecies 

 found in Kamtchatka. The winter is much milder than 

 in the Eaftern parts of Siberia, and continues only from 

 November to the end of March. The fnow feldom lies 

 upon the ground for any time. 



Rein-deer, beai^, wolves, ice-foxes, are not to be 

 found on thefe iflands ; but they abound in black, grey,, 

 brown, and red foxes ; for which reafon they have got 

 the name of Lyffie Oftrova, or Fox Iflands. Thefe foxes- 

 are ftronger than thofe of Yakiitfic, and their hair is 

 much coarfer. During the day they lie in caves and 

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